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Barnes and Noble storytime celebrates individuality
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .Laura Frey read the book "Silverlicious" to a group of girls and boys on Mar. 5. After her reading, herself and her guests ate cookies, traded stickers, and made magic wands from straws, ribbons, and paper stars.
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Julie Sardich (left) and her daughter Stella looked especially sad when the character Pinkalicious was getting picked on for loving the color pink.
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The guests at the Silverlicious story time couldn't wait to get started on their magic wands, decorated with curling ribbons.
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Emily Barricella looked a lot like the character Pinkalicious with her pink tights, tutu, and hair bow.
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Ella Mason (left), Estelle Wirck, and Sun Xia Hileman all shared their love for Pinkalicious during the Boardman Barnes and Noble storytime on Mar. 5.
By SARAH FOOR
To celebrate Boardman Barnes and Noble’s Silverlicious story time on March 5, kids entered the store wearing many shades of pink.
“Pink is my favorite color, and it’s Pinkalicious’s favorite color, too,” said Sun Xia Hileman.
Pinkalicious is the title character of a series of stories by Victoria Kann, about a little girl who loves pink above all else. Laura Frey hosted a story time based on the series, where she read “Silverlicious” and “Purplelicious,” gave away stickers and coloring books, and made magic wands with her guests.
“I love reading the Pinkalicious books to the kids because they all have wonderful lessons,” Frey explained. “They focus on sharing, being a good friend, embracing your feelings and being yourself no matter what.”
Frey led an interactive story time, asking her guests serious questions about the choices that Pinkalicious makes on her adventures. After the reading, Frey asked her visitors to rise if they were wearing pink, and then all the other colors of the rainbow.
“They’re all beautiful colors,” Frey told the crowd, “and all of you are beautiful.”
The guests created their magic wands from straws, ribbons, and paper stars. Julie Sardich created a one with her 2-year-old daughter Stella.
“Stella can’t read Pinkalicious by herself at her age, so she loves the wand more than anything else,” Sardich said with a laugh. “But I love the books — they’re about treating your friends fairly and being an individual. Those are lessons I’ll definitely be teaching Stella as she grows up.”